editions of the competition. The competition was only first open to countries outside the United States in 1968, and outside of North America in 1970. The first international awards were handed out in 1972. Pre-international era (1960 to 1967) International era (1968 to present) Track record (international rounds) The University of Sydney has won the most number of championships, winning the Jessup Cup six times (with the sixth title won in 2021, which were conducted online due to COVID-19). National University of Singapore has the second best record (four times champions; eight times runner-up) and also the most Baxter Awards (five), Evans Awards (four), Best Oralist titles (four), and Best Finals Oralist titles (seven). Five law schools have made the final on their international debuts: Australian National University (1981); Dalhousie University (1984); University of Saskatchewan (1991); University of Western Australia (1995); and Singapore Management University (2013). Of these schools, ANU, Dalhousie, and Saskatchewan won their finals. SMU is the fastest ever law school to reach the international final relative to its debut in the competition (2011), and is also the youngest ever law school to reach the international final (the first batch graduated in 2011) and back-to-back international finals (2013 and 2014). University (1968 to 2022) Country (1968 to 2022) Notable former participants Ang Cheng Hock (1995, National University of Singapore) – Senior Counsel and High Court Judge of Supreme Court of Singapore Lucas Bastin (2007, University of Sydney) – Queen's Counsel Hilary Charlesworth (1980, University of Melbourne) – Professor of international law and Judge of the International Court of Justice Steven Chong (1982, National University of Singapore) – Senior Counsel, Attorney-General of Singapore, and Judge of Appeal of Supreme Court of Singapore Peta Credlin (1995, University of Melbourne) – Chief of Staff to former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott Francisco Domenech (2002, University of Puerto Rico) – Director of the Office of Legislative Services of Puerto Rico James Edelman (1996, University of Western Australia) – University of Oxford Professor and Justice of the High Court of Australia Sundaresh Menon (1986, National University of Singapore) – Senior Counsel, Attorney-General of Singapore, and Chief Justice of Singapore S. Muralidhar (1984, Madras Law College) – Judge of High Court of Punjab and Haryana Georg Nolte (1984 Free University of Berlin) – Professor of international law and judge of the International Court of Justice Bruce Poole (1984, Washington and Lee) – Chairman of